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Fylde MP visits Iraq to meet persecuted Christians

Fylde MP Mark Menzies has visited war-torn Iraq to see the devastation caused by ISIS and meet persecuted Christians who have been forced to flee their homes. During the fact-finding mission, the Member of Parliament spoke to displaced families at the Ashty 2 Camp, Ankawa, Erbil, where 5,500 people are forced to live in 1,088 [...]

Mark Menzies MP visits Lytham primary school

Fylde MP Mark Menzies said he was impressed with the new library and computer suite during a visit to a local primary school. The Member of Parliament was invited to Lytham C.E Primary School by headteacher Helen Willott, where he was given a tour of the school buildings and introduced to some of the pupils. [...]

Mark Menzies MP supports new Lytham post office

Fylde MP Mark Menzies has visited a Lytham post office to offer his support for the new venture. The Member of Parliament popped in to Crofts Newsagent and Post Office on Warton Street and spoke to the owner Tony Croft about his decision to expand the business. Crofts Newsagent has been part of the east [...]

Fylde MP hails Eurofighter Typhoon after seeing aircraft in active service for first time

Fylde MP Mark Menzies has described how impressed he was after seeing the Warton-built Eurofighter Typhoon in action on military operations for the first time. The Member of Parliament recently spent some time at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, the air force’s forward mounting base for overseas operations in the Middle East, where he saw the [...]

Mark Menzies urges new Minister to continue Typhoon support on visit to BAE Warton

Mark Menzies MP has urged the Ministry of Defence to continue its unwavering support for British-built aircraft during a Ministerial visit to Lancashire. Mr Menzies welcomed the new Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriet Baldwin MP, to BAE Systems in Warton where he showed her around the state-of-the-art hangers where the world’s most advanced combat aircraft [...]

Fylde MP Mark Menzies rolled up his sleeves and got to work picking litter in support of Trinity Hospice.
The Member of Parliament headed to Lytham Festival on Thursday night to join the army of volunteers working on site on behalf of the Fylde coast care facility.
Around 180 of Trinity’s 800 volunteers were working at the event, undertaking a variety of jobs including keeping the Green tidy and taking tickets – while raising much-needed funds for the charity.
Organisers Cuffe and Taylor will donate £10,000 to Trinity... Read more »

Mark Menzies MP has urged rail chiefs to consider improving the under-used South Fylde line when looking for solutions over the planned closure of the main route into Blackpool.
Network Rail will suspend services into Blackpool North next year while it carries out vital improvement works on the track and is currently looking at options to ensure people can still reach the resort by train.
And Mr Menzies, who is a long-term campaigner for more frequent services on the Blackpool South line, said the company would not... Read more »

Fylde has once again been in the national and international spotlight this week due to two major tourism events in St Annes and Lytham.
The St Annes Kite Festival has gone from strength-to-strength in recent years and the sight of hundreds of colourful creations flying above the sands is always breathtaking.
And it seems the world has taken note with pictures of the event appearing in the London Metro and on news websites from the United States to the Middle East.
The kite festival has become one of... Read more »

Fylde MP Mark Menzies has requested Government assistance for a local council as it attempts to deter a group of travellers from settling on public land in St Annes.
The group had set up camp at Blackpool Road North playing fields but Fylde Council officers secured a court order requiring them to vacate the site. However, the travellers then moved on to land at nearby Rodney Avenue, with staff currently seeking an order banning them from any public open space in the borough.
Mr Menzies said: “I... Read more »

Fylde MP Mark Menzies today welcomed a £2.1bn Typhoon maintenance contract which will protect hundreds of jobs at BAE Systems’ Warton site for years to come.
The deal was recently announced at the Farnborough International Air Show (FIAS) when Minister for Defence Procurement, Philip Dunne MP, signed off on the landmark 10-year support arrangement for the RAF’s Typhoon jets.
The new Typhoon Total Availability eNterprise (TyTAN) agreement aims to deliver more than a third on savings on current support and maintenance costs, and could see more than... Read more »